About Marshall!

Marshall Ramsey is an award-winning editorial cartoonist and speaker who’s a two-time Pulitzer Finalist (2002 and 2006) and a 2022 Southeastern Emmy winner. He also cares for and feeds the nationally syndicated comic strip Prickly City. His editorial cartoons appear in Mississippi Today and have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, and The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger.

He’s also the author of several successful books, including three cartoon collections, two short story collections (Fried Chicken and Wine and Chainsaws and Casseroles), and the children’s books Banjo’s Dream and Saving Sam! A Banjo the Dog Story. He was also the longtime host of the award-winning weekly statewide radio program Now You’re Talking with Marshall Ramsey on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. He has appeared on Fox & Friends, Inside Edition, CBSN, and CNN New Day.

He, his wife, Amy, and their dog, Ollie, live in Mississippi, where he serves as Director of the Mississippi Media Lab for the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi.